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TII E COLONIES. (From The Qrfebec Gazette, C, 1818.) o Monday the 3d instant his Excellency Sir Jo 1 COAPF, SHERBRooKR, late'Governor-in-Chief of this Province, received the following Address front the Citizens of Montreal : " TO HIS EXCPI.I,I I .NCY SIR .TOUN C0.11 3 E ATTERBROOKE, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Military Order the Bath, Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief in ant over the Provinces of Lower-Canada, Upper Canada, va la. New Brunswick, and their several dependen vi,s. Vice-Admiral of the same, Lieutenant-General and Commandvr'Of all his ;Majesty's Forces in the said Provinces of Lower Canada and tapper Canada, Nova Scotia and New Wimswick, and >k,heir several dependencies, and in the Islands of Newfoundland, Prince Edward, Cape Breton, and Eeroinda, &c. &c. &c. May it please your Excellency,. " We, the Citizens of Montreal, beg leave to approach your Excellency, for the purpose of ex pressing those feelings of regret which yqur ap proaching departure has so universally excited. " Two years have hardly elapsed since we hailed, with the most flittering anticipations, your arrival amongst us; our hopes were propor tionate to the unfeigned regret expressed by all classes in one of our Sister Colonies, at the pe riod of your departure for Quebec. The heart felt gratitude of Nova - Scotia became for Canada a ph , dge of what the inhabitants of this Province had to expect from the conduct and character of their new Governor. " Nor were we long without perceiving that our expectations, however sanguine, must fall far short of the benefits which we were to experience under your Administration. " Superior to all local prejudices, your first care vt..s to goud against the impressions of party. Indi vidual. opinions, often guided by partial, often by vindictive and interested motives, were not allow ed to interfere with your views 'for the general good. Affable and condescending, yet carefully avoding all hasty prepossessions, you soon con :vinced us that yon were determined to judge for yourself upon (he unerring principle of experience, and that justice and impartiality formed the basis of yo►ir Administfation. Hence the easy access to your Excellency, which has been afforded on every occasion requir ing the exercise of your functions. Hence your ready compliance with every just request, and your anxiety to discharge the important duties of your situation, an anxiety which bas only been equalled by the correctness and equity of your decisions, and by your respect for constitutional rights. _ . "fo d;fitsse harmony anti happiness amongst the int) b rants of this Province, to inspire them with the most unlimited confidence in the honour, the integrity, and talents of his Majesty's Repre sentative, have not been the only effects of your Administration ; von have studied our interests in every point of view, with unceasing solicitude. Among the many objects which have attracted your attention, we have witnessed your efforts to . develope the natural resources of the country. Agriculture has received new vigour from your patronage, and the physical advantages of the province ate a t length in a state of improvement from your attention to its internal communi cations. iglu independently of these considerations, your humanity will ever entitle you to our grate ful remembrance. Canadians will never forget the paternal solicitude with which you rescued from misery and famine the numerous inhabitants of a large District, who by unforeseen accidents had been deprived of the very means of existence. Following the natural impulse of your own feel ings, you provided for wants which were beyond the reach of individual assistance. The Legisla ture seconded your benevolent views. The peo ple will repay your humanity with everlasting gratitude. " In a word, we haVe discovered in every act.: of your Administration those principles which alone can produce the peace and happiness of this Province. We shall ever look back to the short period during which we have possessed you for a pattern of that conduct which we may expect from the best uf Governors, and for an example of those feelings which such a Governor may ex peot from a grateful people. " It is therefore with the utmost regret that we find yon are about to take your departure, and with the greatest sincerity that we offer you ohr best, our most ardent wishes for your welfare. " Montreal, 22d July, 1818." To which his Excellency was pleased to make the following Answer : " GENTLEMEN,- - 1 beg you to accept my warmest thanks for the very flattering expressions of approbation contained in. our Address on my resignation of the Government of this Province. " As my desire and endeavours have been steadily and invariably directed to the happiness of the People I have governed, it is a matter of pride and satisfaction to me to find not only that My motives have been appreciated,• but that there is sonic ground to hope that my exertions have not been quite without success ; much of that success, I inust however, in justice, attribute to the People themselves, and to their Representatives, whose liberality furnished the - means which I have only applied, and whose wisdom devised those mea sures of public advantage which I have only executed. _ _ " The Province of Lower Canada may, among its future Rulers, find many niOre able than my self, for the charge of its Government, but none more anxious than I have been to execute the tt ust with equal and impartial justice ; none more earnestly desirous of promoting the welfare of its iiihabitants, and in leaving them, it is my parting wish, that they may continue as happy as it has been my endeavour to make them. To von, Gentlemen, I have in a more parti cular wanner to offer my acknowledgments for yonr emul wishes for my welfare, and to return you mine for the enjoyment of all happiness and prosperity.'' • We received yesterday t -be Order of his Royal Ilidmess the PIIINCF. RI , GENT in Council, of the 27th May, establishing the Ports of Halifax and Si..Jobn i -New Brunswick, as Free Ports, under the Act of Parliament of the Bth May last, insert-, ed in this Gazette 01 the 23d J u ly. The Act will accordingly go into immediate operation. Its object is evidently to counteract the Law passed at the last Session of the Con gress o f t h e [l o iter! Slates, inserted in this Pa per of the 21st May last, for closing the Ame rican ports a gai.st British vessels corning from places in the British Colonies from which Ame rican vessels are excluded, which Act is to be in force from the Ist of October next. The Nova Scotia and New Brunswick Free Port Act, is, therefore, not a dereliction of the Navigation Laws of Great Bl itain, but a local and temporary relaxa tion of them, to meet the supposed necessity of a supply of lumber, live stock, and agricultural produce, ft omit the United States,- for the West India Islands, without suffering these articles to be carried in American vessels ; the object of the American law being to force Great Britain to an abandonreent of her Navigation Laws in favour•of American shipping. The effect of the Nova Scotia and New Bruns wick Free Port Act will shortly appear. If the American Act should not be sufficient to prevent the supplies to the British West Indies, and the return of 'West India produce, from going and coming in this indirect way, further legislative provision will, probably, be resorted to. Should the Free Port Act have its intended effect, its ope• ration, ice • are apprehensive, will be injurious to the British North American Colonies generally, by putting American produce, in the British posses sions, nearly on the same tooting with British Co lonial produce, with respect to Ditties, and en abling the Americans better to stand a competi tion with us -in our own markets. There is no doubt, however, that the measure would Enove, in the first instance, advantageous to the towns where the Free Forts are established, by the in crease of shipping and agency, labour, and the in flux of strangers. It has been, we understand, in agitation among the merchants here to apply for an extension of the Free Port Act to Quebec. Our opinion is not formed on the subject. The first thing that strikes us is, that the local situation of Quebec is adverse to its enjoying the usual advantages of a Free Port ;-situated many hundred miles from the sea, it can never be a place where foreign ves sels would come to deposit and take cargoes. It seems to us, hotvever, on viewing the immense and fertile country, daily increasing in popula tion, to which the St. Lawrence is the outlet to the sea, that, under proper regulations, the West India markets might be supplied from the port of Quebec, in British shipping, at even a lower rate than they can be supplied from the United States; affording, at the same time, a most extensive mar ket for West India produce. We shall return to this subject on a future occasion. The weather in this district for the last three weeks has continued unusually warm, with more or less rain almost daily. Haymaking has com menced under very unfavourable circumstances. The quantity is less than usual, and unless a fa vourable change in the weather soon takes place the quality will be worse. The crops of grain, which ale generally heavy, have lodged in many places, at.a time very unfavourable to their com ing to matirity. We observe that the farmers lately front Europe, wherever the land is rich, have sown too thick, probably unaware of the astonishing power of vegetation in (his country, 811 error which, in the present season, will prove fatal. 'Ora OF QUEBEC. ARRIVALS. July 16.—Ship Union, Steuart, sailed 22d May from Lime rick, to %Voolscy, Stewart and Co. soap, candles, and ballast ; passengers, 64 settlers. —Ship I►e Jersey, Drn•ale, from Alicant, via Gasp, 15 days from latter place, to Messrs. Shepherds ; Wines, passengers, Mrs. Stewart and daughter. —Schooner Maria, Bomrel, 13 days from Gasp, to the Captain, fish and oil; 17 settlers, from the Bark Royal . - Edward. —lBtb Ship Suffolk, Samuel Hightholm, 18 days from Car bonniere, N.F.L. to Caldwell and Davidson, in bal- last; 9 settlers. —2oth Brig Aid, Palmer, 17th June, from Barbadoes, to P. Paterson, in ballast. —Brig Belvoir Castle, Proudfout, 23 days from Concep tion Bay, N.F.L. to NI r. Spies, in ballast. —2lst Transport ship Alhury, from Kamouraska. --L—Brig Sarah, J. Corish, 57 days from Liverpool, to the Captain, in ballast ; .14 settlers. --L-Bark Royal Edward, Thus. Madelton, sailed 20th May. from Belfast, to the Captain, ballast and cordage ; 210 settlers. July '23. Brig Eclipse, Walker, two months from, Lynn, to Hamilton, Brothers and Co. in ballast; 1 settler. —24. Symmetry, Sutherland, 48 days from Dentrara, to J. Jones, Jr.--Kum. —25. Ship Hero, Fulbister, 7 weeks front London, to I'. Pat terson and Co. ballast. • [The Arrivals front the 271 h to 29th appeared in this Paper on the 9d instant.] July 31. Ship Harriet, Garrett, sailed tit June from London, , to Campbell and Sheppard, in ballast; passenger, Mr. G. Hamilton. Aug. I. Brig Speculator, Organ, 9 weeks from . Dublin, to Mr. Pellard, in ballast ; ISS settlers. Ann, Atkinson, Bth July from St. John's, N. F. to the Captain, coals and ballast. —Brig Bridget, Waker, days' from Plymouth, to Mr. Lyniburner, ballast; 29 settlers. —2. Ship Robert, Garnip, 9 weeks tram Belfast, to Caldwell and Davidson, ballast, 2.9 settlers. • Schooner -Sarah, J. Tuzo, Bth July from Bermuda, to Heath and Moir, rum and sugar. -Brig True Briton, Reid, 3lst May from London, to Mr. Meiklejohn, general cargo. -Brig Sir John Cameron, Selby, 46 days from Newry, to H. and J. Chaffers, ballast; .100 settlers. -Brig Economy, Owen, 9 weeks from Dublin, to Mr. Pentland, ballast; 12-2 settlers. -Ship Friendship, Thompson, 59 days from London, to Campbell and Sheppard, ballast. -Brig Henry, Atkinson, 37 days from Rochefort, to Hamil ton, Brother, and Co. ballast. -Ship Lord Wellington, Heard, 39 days from Madeira, to P. Patterson and Co. wines. -Ship Agincourt, Matchwin, 53 days from Leith to Irvine, Macnaught and Co. stones, stoves, and gin, &c. ; 298 settlers. -Ship Pitt; Hamilton, 61 days from Belfast, to Hancox and Cringan, ballast ; 211 settlers. --Bark John, Lothington, sth June from Hull, to Hamil . ton, Brother and Co. ballast. -Brig Henry, Newport, 66 days from Dublin, to order, • ballast; 137 settlers. -Brig Nelson, Donahoo, 61 days from Cork, to J. C. Sin ton, ballast; 39 settlers. —Brig Vestal, Bulletiwick, t 3 days from London, to Colt man and Hale, ballast. —Ship Perseverance, Fisher, 47 days from Belfast, to Bogor son, Hunter and Co. ballast ; 144 settlers. Total number of Settlers ::rriven this season 6027. Aug. 3. Brig Martha, J. Blackburn, sailed Vid May from Liverpool, to Froste and Porter, general cargo; hve settlers. —Ship Samuel Whitbread, W. Doyle, 4th June from Liver pool, to order, salt. —6. Fournier's schooner, from Rat Island with part of the _ settlers (ruin Bark Royal Edward. —7. Dark Royal Edward, trout Itat Island. -10. Brig Mary, Maddock, 24 days from Amboy, in the United States _ofAmerica, to Mr. Fayle, ballast. INDIANS. Extract of a Letter to NINIAN EDWARDS, Governor of Illi nois, [Territory and S u oe rint e ndant of Indian Affairs, dated] Prairie du Chien , Feb. 19,1818. Published in The Enzigrgnt and General Idverliser. 4 ‘ St. Louis, Missouri Territory, 29 May, 1818. " DEAR SlR,—Although I have not as yet had any information of your having received my last, I resume my pen to address you on a subject which has given me much concern. " You have I presume heard of Lord Selkirk's having passed through the tract of Indian country within the limits of my superintendance without. authority from an authorized agent of the United States, in consequence of which I caused him to he repo-rted to the Commanding Officer at Belle Fontaine. " On his arrival here, knowing that be must have had much in his power, I was induced to put to hint many questions, all of which he answered without hesitation, but, 1 am fearful, without confining himself strictly to truth. He told me that he had not counselled with an Indian or In dians within our territory. lam informed by hotly whites and reds that he did, that he had invited the different bands with whom he met to with draw from the Americans, desert their native country, the sod that covers the bones of their fathers, and reside in his own, where they can listen- to the words of the British Dickson, who is at this time residing near the bead waters of the St. Peter's. _ . " What do you suppose, Sir, has been the re sult of the passage through my agency of this British Nobleman ) Two entire bands, and part of'a third, all Scioux, have deserted us and joined Dickson, who has distributed to them large quan tities of Indian presents, together with flags, medals, &c. Knowing this, what must have been my feelings on hearing that his Lordship had met with a favourable reception at St. Louis ? The newspapers announcing his arrival and genteel Scottish appearance,' all tend to discompose me, believing, as I do, that he is plotting with his friend Dickson our destruction, sharpening the savage scalping knife, and colonizing a tract of country so remote as that of Red River, for the purpose, no doubt, of monopolizing the fur and peltry trade of this river, the Missouri, and their waters—a trade of the first importance to our Western States and Territories. " A Courier who arrived a few (lays since con firms the belief that Dickson is endeavouring to undo what I have done, make sleep that hill over which I have to climb, secure to the British Go vernment the affections of the Scioux, and sub ject :he North-West Company to his Lordship's terms. " 1 have since I last wrote you held two Coun cils with the Scioux of the plains, and took occa sion to explain to them the object of our.,benevo lent Government in establishing a United States Factory at this place. They appeared to be satis fied that it was intended solely for the good of the led skins. Dickson, as I have before observed, is si tuated near the head of the St. Peter's, to which place he transports his goods from Selkirk's Red River Establishment in carts made for the pur pose. The trip is performed in five days, some times less. lie is directed to build a fort on the highest la'nd between Lac du Travers and Red River, which he supposes will be the established line between the two countries. This fort will be defended by twenty men, with 'two small pieces of artillery. " The military force of this place is too small to keep Dickson and his Emissaries in check. I think a force should be posted here sufficiently strong to enable the Commandant to send a detach ment, with a suitable officer at its head, to scour the heads of this river and of the St. Peter's, and awe the establishment of Lord Selkirk into a proper respect for our laws. • '• I trust I have brought about a reconciliation between the Foxes and Scioux of the plains.— Several claimants to Carver's grant near the Falls of St. Anthony are now here, solicitous to have an interview with the Scionx on the subject of their claim. lam of ppiaiou, Sir, that Debuke's mines and Carver's 'claims will never be surren dered so long as a Fox or a Scioux is able to string a bow ; and should it be the case that those claimants are unsuccessful, Prairie du Citien will have seen its best days. The means by.which the Indians live must soon be exhausted ; they must .'ten resort to other means than the chase, or follow the game of which this country is now barren. The tur and peltry trade is of course de creasing. Very respectfully, &c. (Signed) " BEN.). OTALLAN, U.S. Agent." As Canada is at all times an interesting, and is daily becoming a promising Colony, it is with much satisfac►ion we are enabled to state, upon good authority, some regulations and observa tions relative to land voted to settlers in Canada, in July, 1818 : OBSERVATIONS ON LANDS, AND TENURES OF HOLDING LANDS, GRANTED BY GOVERNMENT TO SETTLICHS IN CANADA. Proportion it - ranted to Half-pay Officers—Lieutenant- Colonel, 1,200 acres, Major WOO, Captain 800, Snbalt ern 500, Serjeant 200, Corporal 150, Private 100; and is entitled to purchase as much more as he can manage. Choice of Lands, or Situation—Depends on circumstances; if you petition for a particular spot,ungranted, it is gl_•nerally obtained. Holding—ln tipper Canada, generally freehold ;in Lower Canada, subject to a small fine, or quit-rent ; what is grant ed is always freehold. By whom granted—By the Governor and Council, on a mandamus from the. Secretary of State for the Colonial De partment, for which application must be made at his office in London, stating qualifications, &c. Claims I n which a person becomes entitled—Servitude in the Army or Navy, with a promise to clear and improve a certain portion in a given time, or forfeit (viz. seven acres in five years.)—Civilians, Certificate of means and capa city to improve, &c. and taking the Oath of Allegiance to his Britannic Majesty. Tithe's—None payable for lands granted. Local advantages of Ranh—A Proprietor to a very small extent is qualified to vote for a Representative in the House of Assembly, or to become a Representative there. Expences on taking possession, 4.c.—About 31. for every 200 acres, for making out the patent, &c. dB/owe:nee fi,r Roads—Five acres additional on every 100 are allowed for, roads. Church !,ands.—Certain portions of land are allotted for the use of the Clergy, and are called Clergy Reserves :—these are allowed by Government, but not out of grants to indivi duals. Assistance by Government to Settlers.—None at present, except to disbanded soldiers, who receive twelve months ra tions, and implements of husbandry. . Prices of Prorisions,--Neat , bread, and vegetables, rather ter cheaper than the arera;e of England. Wines, spirits,.'gio sugars, and other articles, subject to Cn“ows and E% cis England, are much cheaper in Canada. ci ot hi,,g,,--Very expensive, especially woollens, s hoes, an d Soil—ln Upper Canada, rich soil , produ cin g whcatoll other grains, and most fruits common in Europe. In at io parts of Lower Canada soil is also excellen t, but the t n ba ll C ana dians are generally idle and bail farmers, " 0 .014 ploughing or weeding their land, and neglecting, t°.e m ost incredible degree, the use of manure ; where piorvais tention has been paid to the land, the. cultivator has a , it succeeded and been well repaid; but iu this part the. much poor land. Climate—ln Upper Canada, air salubrious, Winters 01,° (about four months). Jo Lower Canada, the winters, ho longer (about seven months) , but n ot so very.severe 0 9 ; 00 at times being represented, the inhabitan ts being very ri of restrained from visiting one another—this being t he seasuo_ir the year mostly chosen for visiting and excursions to a c P derable distance. Land can be cleared at about 21 . per acre. SUICIDE IN-NEWGATE. t. its An Inquisition was taken on Saturday nig h is the prison of Newgate, before THOMAS SHEI.TONt Esq. Coroner, on view of the body of WOO! Day,, alias Oliver, who put an end t o his eft isteuce on Saturday morning, bycutting his tht ° with a razor. William Harvey said, he was a prisoner CO fined in Newgate for trial. Ott Friday W. Day, alias Oliver, the deceased, seeraed y e ( 1 1, low in spirits, and some of the prisoners proc ee c e ed to talk to hint. He had been committed O. trial upon a charge of forgery on Tuesday sic noon. They each tried to raise his spirits, h t a. • complained of his Solicitor not attending hint s • he ought. Witness succeeded in raising his spin a little, by telling him he was in a similar sitaBr; lion, and with him " to hope." He saw uto wer e of him until nearly nine o'clock, when they 4 locked up together. It was proposed' to him, as from expressions dropped, such as to will not be long in this world," they feared . 0 meant something not right. Those who were j 1• , the ward were to watch in parties all night. l' l ol , ness went to bed at half-past ten, and agaia g e l up at two to relieve the others. A person -o° o ofternoaa Manning then lay down, but the manner ot,o deceased induced him to stay awake. Aue half-past three in the morning - w i tnes s heal (l noise, as if the deceased was struggling in hi s b • C et , but upon going up and feeling, all app eared 411a 0 iff a tew minutes after the noise was repeat' il o , though it proceeded from the throat. Witner. finding the noise increase, took his candle la a, amine, and perceived the blood upon the i 4 1 ,0 He roused his companion Manning,- and oft turning the body round they discovered tha t ills throat was cut• He was not quite cold, ha t , os became soon after completely extinct. An ° i e . was immediately given, and persons havi" to rived, a razor was picked up in the bed &scot the body. From the time of his c omtnit ale e pt the deceased had been much tlepressEds h e W es Wita oo4 continually, and seldom ate or drank. wrote a letter to Mr. Brown, the keepers c d e ll municating the apprehension that the der meditated violence to himself. m ite° William Robert Brown is keeper of the r" 1 1 0 of Newgate. The deceased was committed 11704, care on Tuesday last ; he appeared re s p e4tl bud muck dejected. He begged to says on/clad: in private, and asked the witness to give salu e e ot vice upon his case. He said his case wasnot forgery, as the bill be had drawn was up©H self, that is, drawn by Day, of London, O 1 ver, of Gosport, for 641. 12s. Sd. Witness "04 be could not give. an opinion, but thong bt r case was a forgery ; he assured him , howoeblni. wools' have a humane trial, and every t his • would be done for him that could be done: loe s. did not satisfy him, and he requested the to interfere with his prosecutor, Mr. Duti cl3l 7,Je f Halfmoon-street, Bishopsgate-street, and le , ; ,0 1 him 2001. as a compromise for the forger o iled recognizance. Witness declined, butt Pro sits to speak to Mr. Duncan on the s ubjec t .,' fr oas consequence of the communication r eceiee" i the ward, of the state of mind i n whi l c i oett deceased was, he ordered candles to be isu l to sits to the wardman and others, who proposed up and watch him. In the morning, abo u " ri al/ o'clock, the private bell of the witnes s was the, and upon coming down stairs he learned tbil,crill deceased bad cut his throat. From the 0 10 1, itto which his nerves seemed affected, it sto le witness that be was quite wild awr frantic. be Mr. Harmer, the solicitor, said he sat* t ce va ceased first at Hatton-garden Police , I all. Monday, anti again on Tuesday at Gloi t b tttc was quite wild and incoherent, talked those around him in Court, admitted that, T er, drawn the bill, but denied that it was a To tiot On Friday evening he again visited hint it' l l:, as. and he appeared more composed than 4 0 been, and witness was to have seen lihn th° morning to make arrangements f or, his trittid Joseph Surveyor, ass i sta nt to Mr. Bn' oo 4 was called in to examine the body of thenc . . t. ooa he found him quite dead, with his throa t the bed in which he lay deluge d with hhw i ` o ; Oak wound was such, that it was imp ossible 1 0 0, to survive five minutes. the le tad ' W. Davis deposed to the finding o f b e rt and to what occurred in the morning body was fOund in the state described• Nei" Mr. Marsh, another prisoner coonffilgtryipl: gate, confirmed the statement m os. and described the deceased to be in a f ee) / pressed state of mind, and was %'c l. Y alb"( ing about his wife and children. _ a n_ a.' tion was taken to keep from him kniveis, pio ns lo • instruments ; but it ,appears be tow" jr. access to a private box belonging 1° .,, sting, from whence he stoic his razors used tat` of the evening of Friday : the der e il f oal, quite wildly and incoherently. letters otae: Bishop, the turnkey, produced tw° hull the sister of the deceased, souse moneY, pro': papers. Cor oner ti'e re ' d constantlYirec,,, This being all the evidence, the o ght o d i ceeded to comment upon it, and I ; i e dec eti t tlet could be no manner of doubt that I , 0 , 0 1 al had laid violent hands on himself, an" . o , s tat s , time he committed the act ht= was 41 , mental derangement vs, l e The Jury, after a . short delibera tio n, a verdict of " Insanity." 6'ee . • o,a, P . • 12.; I% l' SO LONDON: Printed by J. B. CARSTAl"'''osbeu Ormond-street, Queen-square; and Pu . er , st SCRIPPS, of No. 7, South Moltonsticeoooo, °thee, No. 112, Strand ; Letters, Isc. (post-raid) must he addl e° where Adv(l"cd. ~ ( .1! ,s)t to ?h 42 into ch i 4 it 4t , Ito.; . 4e„; 0), U D C ei 4 1 ~C t' t ~l S~ ,~►